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“Is there one word which may guide one in practice throughout the whole life?” Confucius answered, “The word 'charity'[4] is perhaps the word. What you do not wish others to do unto you, do not do unto them 去书内
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    For Confucius, there is no distinction between the ethical and the political, because the political virtue of social stability relies upon the ethical foundations of self-mastery, self-knowledge, benevolence, wisdom, filial piety, adherence to tradition, and a disposition towards lifelong learning. The state is constituted by clans, households, and individuals, all coming together to form an organic whole. Ethical turpitude among the people undermines the foundations of political order, like termites infesting a house

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